Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- View from Station Rise
- The White Rose of York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of St Olave
- Yorkshire Museum
- Norman Window Frame
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Castle Museum